Chapter 51: Heart of Ice
Gohan quickly shook his head as he made his way after Cooler
"Frieza! Help Turles now!" Cooler yelled as he blocked one of Gohan's punches only to then get hit by another one.
"Help a saiyan, I don't think so." Frieza said to himself while remaining hidden. "Then again, I suppose I can look at it as hurting a different saiyan instead of helping one." Frieza vanished from his hiding spot. Gohan glanced around quickly between his attacks on Cooler.
"Where's Frieza?" Gohan said as he turned his full attention back to Cooler. A punch landed on Cooler's check and sent him to his knees.
"How should I know?" Cooler spat back at him. "If he keeps this up though, then I'll kill him myself."
"Wouldn't you have to be alive to do that?" Just then two purple disks of energy went flying out of the water and lopped off Raditz's tail. Raditz yelled as he quickly began to lose his form. Raditz looked around himself, a little confused by what was going on. He then noticed the great ape Turles right in front of him.
"Aw crap." Raditz muttered right before Turles's fist pounded him into the ground.
"Darn it." Gohan said to himself as he quickly hopped along the ice and made his way behind Turles. "Masenko-ha!" Gohan fired off a Masenko and managed to hit the base of Turles's tail, causing a great gash in it. The rest of the tail then snapped off and fell to the ground while Turles also reverted back to his regular form. Gohan floated in the air, watching Turles change back when Cooler came rushing up from behind him and threw a kick at the back of his head. Gohan sensed the attack coming though and quickly dodged it and counterattacked with a kick to Cooler's gut. Back on the ground, Raditz slowly got up to his feet Turles landed in front of him.
"How does if feel to be weak?" Turles said to him right before he shot a blast at Raditz. The blast hit him and Raditz was sent skidding backwards across the ground. Turles leapt over to him and as he landed he punched Raditz in the gut. Turles was panting, exhausted from fighting with Raditz, Bardock, and Gohan. "It annoys me when someone doesn't know where their place is. Yours is at the bottom." Turles began to walk away, but stopped about ten feet away. His back was still turned to Raditz. "Haven't you had enough yet weakling?" Turles turned around to face Raditz, but was in no way prepared for what he saw. Raditz was on his feet, his breathing had become extremely heavy and the look in his eyes could only be seen as demonic.
"My name…" Raditz began to say to him as energy crackled all around him. "…is Raditz." Turles tilted his head as he watched Raditz, as if maybe that would let him better see what was happening to Raditz. "And I'm no weakling!" A golden aura flared around Raditz and his eyes went green. His hair seemed to float about through the air instead of standing on end like it did with other Super Saiyans.
"He's a Super Saiyan!" Turles shouted out as Raditz transformed. Raditz rushed towards Turles. "Kaio-Ken!" A red aura flared up around Turles as he barely managed to lock grips with Raditz. The two of them were in a power struggle with each other. Turles began to sweat and was being forced to his knees.
"I'm not weak!" Turles struggled against Raditz, but when he lost control of his Kaio-Ken, he fell to his knees completely. "I, am a Super Saiyan! You will never defeat me." Raditz smashed his head into Turles's. Raditz's eyes remained focused as blood began to run down Turles's forehead. Raditz then grabbed Turles's arm and tossed him into the air. Purple clouds of energy began forming around his hands. "Double Sunday!" Raditz put his hands together and shot the blast at Turles. The blast hit Turles on the right side of his chest and after a brief second or two of resistance, punched right though. The blast faded and Turles's body began to fall to the ground.
"Turles! No!" Cooler yelled as he quickly punched Gohan in the face and then flew off towards him. Raditz turned around to face Cooler.
"Come on then." Raditz growled as Cooler came closer. Cooler's fist glowed with energy. Raditz threw a punch at Cooler, but Cooler spun and dodged it. He then sent his fist with the energy right into Raditz's gut. Raditz stood frozen on his feet. "Ah."
"You…" Raditz coughed up some blood and his Super Saiyan form faded. Raditz fell limply onto Cooler's arm. "…are not worth my time." Cooler shoved Raditz to the ground and raced over to Turles. "Turles."
"Cooler." Turles said as he lay on his back, trying to act as if the hole in his chest wasn't even there. He coughed up some blood. "Fruit; There's a small piece in my left boot." Cooler reached into his boot and there was indeed a small piece of fruit from the Tree of Might.
"It's too small a piece to give you energy." Cooler watched as Turles's chest slowly moved up and down.
"I don't care." Turles coughed again. "Put it in my mouth." Cooler did. Turles chewed the piece of fruit slowly with his eyes closed. He then swallowed it. "Even covered in blood, it still tastes good." Turles tried to breathe in deep, but ended up inhaling his own blood. He instinctively coughed and more blood came out of his mouth. "Win."
"Right." Turles inhaled and his chest fell back down. It didn't rise back up though. Cooler stood up and saw Gohan standing about ten feet behind him.
"Is this what you want?" Gohan said to him. "Death! That's all that comes from fighting like this! We fight, some of us live, some of us die, in the end, both sides are hurt."
"I don't care if I die."
"But you care if your friends die. You care that Turles is dead."
"I don't have friends and I don't want friends. All I want is for you to die by my hand!"
"Fine, I gave you a chance to change, you threw it away. Either way though, you still aren't strong enough to beat me."
"I'm not even at my max yet!"
"Then power up already." Cooler didn't say anything else, instead he began yelling as power flowed all around him.
"Yaaaaahhhhh!" Lightning flashed around him and gusts of wind were sent off in every direction from him. "Aaaaaahhhhhh!" Gohan watched as Cooler slowly transformed into his 5th form. The transformation finished and a grate slid across Cooler's mouth.
"Woah." Frieza said to himself in shock from up in the air. He seemed content on just watching things unfold. Then he got angry. "Why does Cooler have a form with so much more power than me! It's not fair!"
"Frieza! We need to attack him together!" Frieza got a scowl on his face but powered up to his max anyway. His muscles bulged and he flew down and landed about ten feet behind Gohan. Cooler briefly locked eyes with Gohan and all three fighters vanished into the air.
